Diego Alcazar was a
fictional character on the popular
ABC daytime drama,
General Hospital. Diego is the son of
Lorenzo Alcazar and Maria Sanchez. Ignacio Serricchio originated the role of Diego in October 2004 and portrayed him until the character's "death" in November 2006. In February 2008, it is revealed that Diego is very much alive, and terrorizing the citizens of
Port Charles as the Text Message Killer.
Character's background
After being taken in by
Courtney Matthews (the half-sister of
Sonny Corinthos), Diego began acting out with
Brook Lynn Ashton. Eventually he found out his father was crime boss and arms dealer Lorenzo Alcazar. Alcazar had slept with Diego's mother Maria Sanchez, who Diego grew up believing was his sister. Maria arranged for Diego to go into foster care when she found out she was about to be deported. Diego began living with his father and following in his crime boss footsteps. After months of not doing much, when
Kirsten Storms joined the show in May 2005 as the new
Maxie Jones, Diego took a liking to her and broke up with his current girlfriend, Brook Lynn. He turned out to be the PCU stalker who had been drugging girls and taking pictures of them, including Maxie and Brook. He claimed he was getting revenge on them for the death of his cousin,
Sage Alcazar, his teenage cousin (that he never met) who
Dillon Quartermaine used for sex. Sage died as a result of being locked into a freezer by Georgie Jones, who resented Sage for her...
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